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Kara Walker

my single is dropping Jan. 26, 2021

FKA Twigs Teams With Headie One and Black Activists for ‘Don’t Judge Me’ VideoThe video features Kara Walker’s installation Fons Americanus.

By Justin Curto
art review Sept. 6, 2017

Kara Walker’s New Show Is the Best Art Made About This Country in This CenturyIt’s extraordinary to see an artist responding so well to the incredible political storm blowing all around us.

By Jerry Saltz

fall preview 2017 Aug. 25, 2017

38 Must-See Art Exhibits Opening This FallKara Walker, Chris Ofili, David Hockney, and more.

By Vulture Editors
artist statements Aug. 15, 2017

Read Kara Walker’s Artist Statement About Being Fed Up With Such Statements“How many ways can a person say racism is the real bread and butter of our American mythology…”

By Jackson McHenry
vulture cover story Apr. 16, 2017

After Her Sugar Sphinx, Kara Walker Is a Whole Different Kind of Public FigureAnd she’s figuring out a whole new approach to public art.

By Doreen St. Félix
art Apr. 21, 2016

The Reviled Identity Politics Show That Forever Changed ArtHow identity politics became for this era what Impressionism and Cubism were for theirs.

By Jerry Saltz and Rachel Corbett
video Nov. 19, 2014

Kara Walker Secretly Filmed You Taking Selfies in Front of Her SphinxHere is the video.

By Rachel Corbett
seeing out loud Nov. 17, 2014

When Did the Art World Get So Conservative?When we’re treating works of art as ruthlessly and unsubtly as we would hate speech, is it political progress or aesthetic ignorance?

By Jerry Saltz
the royal family July 3, 2014

Bey, Jay, & Blue Visited the Kara Walker ExhibitGod bless America.

By Lindsey Weber
art review May 31, 2014

Saltz: Kara Walker Bursts Into Three Dimensions, and Flattens MeWalker has only gotten better, more wicked and out-there.

By Jerry Saltz
art candy Oct. 19, 2007

Ouch!The Whitney isn’t the only place to catch Kara Walker this season.